Tadahiro Sekimoto joined NEC, now a globally active Japanese information technologies conglomerate and member of the Sumitomo Group, in 1948.
11 Facts About Tadahiro Sekimoto
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Tadahiro Sekimoto started his career at the company's Central Research Laboratories, where he advanced to chief of basic research in 1965.
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On his return to NEC in 1967, Tadahiro Sekimoto was appointed to manage the company's Communications Research Laboratory.
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Tadahiro Sekimoto rose to general manager of NEC's Transmission Division in 1972 and, in 1974, was elected to the NEC board of directors.
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Tadahiro Sekimoto was appointed senior vice president in 1977 and executive vice president with portfolio for sales in Japan in 1978.
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Finally, Tadahiro Sekimoto served as chairman of the board from 1994 to 1998, when he resigned from the post to apologize for NEC's role in a scandal involving the Japan Defense Agency, Japan's de facto defence ministry.
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Seminal in their day, many technologies and applications Tadahiro Sekimoto worked on at NEC and COMSAT are integral to modern telecommunications systems, and they helped lay the groundwork for the global networks that many societies now depend on.
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Tadahiro Sekimoto has authored numerous works, both technical publications and books written for a wider audience, and he has 35 Japanese and five non-Japanese patents to his credit.
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Tadahiro Sekimoto has received the American Institute of Astronautics and Aeronautics' Aerospace Communications Award.
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Tadahiro Sekimoto was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour of France in 1995 and an honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1996.
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Tadahiro Sekimoto was lately active in promoting research on relations between Japan and other countries and ways to solve Japan's own social problems through his role at the IISE.